Two years out from its mandate for aircraft to equip for ADS-B Out position reporting, the FAA is grappling with a significant level of misinstalled avionics.
Jan. 1, 2020, seems like a long way off, but if you remember previous FAA mandates, the industry experienced huge backlogs because there simply was not enough hangar space.
The Nextant G90XT's Regency flight deck is powered by Garmin G1000 avionics. It features 10.4-in. left- and right-side PFDs and a central 15-in. MFD that displays engine parameters, fuel quantity, flap position, oxygen quantity, and cabin altitude and pressure differential. Regency also clusters all annunciator lights in a new glareshield panel, rather than splitting them between top and bottom panels as with a stock King Air G1000 retrofit panel.
At first glance, H-series engines look a lot like the Walter/Motorlet M601 powerplants from which they are derived. All engines in this family are two-shaft, reverse flow designs.
At the end of World War II, Leroy Grumman, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., espoused the radical idea of building an aircraft designed expressly for the conveyance of small teams of business executives.
Dassault’s radical decision to terminate the Falcon 5X program and the announcement of the launch of a new Falcon program hints that the company may bring forward the implementation of some technologies it has been researching.
The FAA will craft a proposed regulation from the recommendations of an advisory group that met to consider ways of remotely identifying and tracking drones.
Engineers working on Airbus’ urban air mobility (UAM) concept air vehicle CityAirbus have powered up the aircraft’s ground test system for the first time.
Engineers working on Airbus’ urban air mobility (UAM) concept air vehicle CityAirbus have powered up the aircraft’s ground test system for the first time.
The direction des Services de la navigation aérienn (DSNA), France’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), has selected a consortium to upgrade the ATM system at Paris airports.
The Senate Banking Committee narrowly rejected the Trump administration’s nominee to head the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Scott Garrett (a Republican former congressman from New Jersey).
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Two leaders in supersonic technology, Aerion and Lockheed Martin have announced an MOU to explore the feasibility of a joint development of the world's first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. Over the next 12 months, the companies will work together to develop a framework on all phases of the programme, including engineering, certification and production.
After 14 years of work, Aerion is ramping up development of the AS2 supersonic business jet following the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin.
